Good morning! How are we faithing? There are 209 verses in the King James Bible where the word "serve" is used. I didn't look for "serving" or "served" and the like, just "serve". Now with the usage of that word so many times it causes us to ask some questions like who, how, when, where is this done? It is whole lot simpler to answer why. We serve out of love just like our savior did. Of all the religions I've studied, faith in Jesus is the only one that talks of our messiah serving us. Jesus taught us to serve others out of love and not out of obligation or to earn anything. When we receive the gift of pardon and are born again our desire to serve comes out of thankfulness not to earn the salvation. Some just can't accept that notion because the world is all about giving to get. The world teaches us to serve no master and that we are our own master. Man, I have had conversations with people who say,"I'm a good person, I give, I tithe, I do this or that in church, I , I, I...Those things are fine and dandy but the serving attitude seems to be,"look at me" or "I earned God's attention because of what I do". Wrong. We serve out of love. When the Bible said for the right hand not to know what the left hand was doing when it comes to giving, the message is for us not to bring the attention to ourselves. You know you served, God knows you served, why does anybody else knowing matter? Some think because they served they have to get accolades or even rewards. We are suppose to serve because we are suppose to serve. We are suppose to be grateful we can serve. Our love from God gives us the desire to serve where we can and not for show or earning salvation. It's age old and it's a sad place to be. Serving and expecting atta boys instead of the satisfaction we are obeying our saviors orders....
Heb 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Heb 12:28-29
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.
Col 3:23-25
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
remember Paulettes sister...
Heavenly Father,
help us be aware of needs and help us serve because it is needed and not for our benefit. Help us understand that we are born again to a salvation based on your love. lord, we lift those suffering mental maladies. We ask for miraculous healings this day. Let your power and love be known! In Jesus name, amen
Heb 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Heb 12:28-29
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: For our God is a consuming fire.
Col 3:23-25
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
remember Paulettes sister...
Heavenly Father,
help us be aware of needs and help us serve because it is needed and not for our benefit. Help us understand that we are born again to a salvation based on your love. lord, we lift those suffering mental maladies. We ask for miraculous healings this day. Let your power and love be known! In Jesus name, amen
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